square \square\ skw^ar, a.
   1. geom. having four equal sides and four right angles; as,
      a square figure.
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   2. forming a right angle; as, a square corner.
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   3. having a shape broad for the height, with rectilineal and
      angular rather than curving outlines; as, a man of a
      square frame.
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   4. exactly suitable or correspondent; true; just.
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            she's a most triumphant lady, if report be square to
            her.                                  --shak.
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   5. rendering equal justice; exact; fair; honest; as, square
      dealing.
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   6. even; leaving no balance; as, to make or leave the
      accounts square.
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   7. leaving nothing; hearty; vigorous.
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            by heaven, square eaters.
            more meat, i say.                     --beau.  fl.
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   8. naut. at right angles with the mast or the keel, and
      parallel to the horizon; -- said of the yards of a
      square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.
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   note: square is often used in self-explaining compounds or
         combinations, as in square-built, square-cornered,
         square-cut, square-nosed, etc.
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   square foot, an area equal to that of a square the sides of
      which are twelve inches; 144 square inches.

   square knot, a knot in which the terminal and standing
      parts are parallel to each other; a reef knot. see illust.
      under knot.

   square measure, the measure of a superficies or surface
      which depends on the length and breadth taken conjointly.
      the units of square measure are squares whose sides are
      the linear measures; as, square inches, square feet,
      square meters, etc.

   square number. see square, n., 6.

   square root of a number or square root of a quantity
      math., that number or quantity which, multiplied by
      itself, produces the given number or quantity.

   square sail naut., a four-sided sail extended upon a yard
      suspended by the middle; sometimes, the foresail of a
      schooner set upon a yard; also, a cutter's or sloop's sail
      boomed out. see illust. of sail.

   square stern naut., a stern having a transom and joining
      the counter timbers at an angle, as distinguished from a
      round stern, which has no transom.

   three-square, five-square, etc., having three, five,
      etc., equal sides; as, a three-square file.

   to get square with, to get even with; to pay off. colloq.
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see also:
square foot square knot knot square measure square number square 
square root of a number square root of a quantity square sail sail square stern 
three-square five-square to get square with